Harsh And Divine

Chapter 34

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I have included few sentences in Hindi in this chapter. The translations are in front of it in the parenthesis. I have used Hindi here to let the Hindi speakers know the way the characters talk to each other. In Hindi, formal and informal speech are differently expressed.)

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It was the second last day of their 10 days long vacation. To say that they had fun would be an understatement. It was the best vacation for Vidhushi that she had with Kunal. There wasn't any mountain sport that they missed or tourist spots that they didn't visit. It was all great. They took hundreds of photographs and she made sure to send them all to her mother.

However, more than that, Kunal was glad that Vidhushi was happy and that she was enjoying herself with him. With the sudden appearance of Advith, he thought she would go to that old sad phase and might not give him her complete attention. But, she proved him wrong.

She was more excited than he himself was towards their honeymoon phase. And, he was glad about it.

On the other hand, for Vidhushi, she tried her best to take part in every activity with zeal. She didn't want to ruin the moment for Kunal. He had taken so much effort and was still taking a lot of pain to just make her smile. So, as his wife, she made it her duty to make him happy and content.

Even though she did enjoy every single moment with Kunal during the trip, a part of her heart would stealthily go to Advith. She would find herself wondering where he would be now. Was he still in Sikkim? Was he safe? Did he visit the places that she had been to until now? Or, did he miss her as much as she did him? And, when she would come into her self-control, she would strictly scold herself for thinking of another man when her own husband was here. She would slap herself in the bathroom to bring her out of her memories and thoughts of Advith. She had to love Kunal and forget Advith, she told herself repeatedly.

But then, she heard the famous song on the radio 'the heart wants what it wants' and she couldn't agree to it more.

"Vidhu, give me my towel please!" Kunal called for her from the bathroom.

She laughed at the memory of when he fell in the muddy puddle while they were trekking a few hours ago. He had dirtied his clothes horribly and thus, it was his turn to freshen up before her.

She took out his towel from his bag and walked towards the bathroom door.

"Here." She called for him.

When he brought his hand out to fetch it, she purposely pulled her hand back and let him wave his hand in the air.

"Kya kar rhi hai?" (What are you doing?) He asked while chuckling.

"Aap kya kar rhe ho?" (What are you doing?) She played along.

"Vidhu, de de warna..." (Vidhu, give me or...) He warned her.

"Or what?" She chuckled.

"...or you will regret it." He warned her again.

"Oh really!" She challenged him as well. It was not as if he would come out naked and take the towel from her, right? She thought to herself.

When he sighed and let his hand rest on the doorknob, she decided to end the game.

"Acha, ye lo." (Okay, take it.) She mumbled and let the towel graze his hand.

However, as he warned her earlier, he grabbed her wrist instead of the towel and pulled her inside the bathroom.

Vidhushi squealed and fell on his chest. Her face hit his naked wet chest. Her eyes indeed widened and she immediately looked up and maintained her vision up to his eyes, only. However, the angle still gave her partial vision and she held her head high so that she wouldn't see down the alley.